A news artist is, first and foremost, a reporter.

If he's doing the job properly, he will also take turns as

• a layout artist;
• an illustrator;
• an editor;
• a diplomat;
• a comp clerk;
• a graduate student;
• any one of a hundred other things he's never dreamed of doing or had a moment of formal training to do.

My graphics career has included all these jobs — usually several of them at once. But my primary drive has been my love of visual reporting: discovering the underlying patterns and structures of objects, places or events and explaining them with dynamic visuals with strong, clear writing.

Click on the thumbnails at left to see just a few examples of my work.